Rome
AD 250-251 CE
AR Antoninianus 3.54g, 22mm, 6h
Q HER ETR MES DECIVS NOB C, radiate and draped bust to right /
MARTI PROPVGNATORI, Mars, helmeted in military attire, advancing to right, holding spear and shield.
RIC IV 141 (Decius); RSC 8
226 CE
Estimated birth year of Herennius Etruscus to Trajan Decius and Herennia Etruscilla.
250 CE
Herennius Etruscus and Hostilian are elevated to Caesar by Trajan Decius.
250 CE
June
June
Trajan Decius and Herennius Etruscus defeat a Gothic army at the Battle of Nicopolis ad Istrum.
250 CE
July
July
The Goths regroup and defeat the Romans, led by Trajan Decius and Herennius Etruscus at the Battle of Beroe.
251 CE
July
July
Trajan Decius and Herennius Etruscus are killed at the Battle of Abritus. Trebonianus Gallus becomes Emperor and raises Hostilian to Augustus, while keeping Herennia Etruscilla and Empress.